Prelog and anti-Prelog stereoselectivity of two ketoreductases from Candida glabrata.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The dye-decolorizing peroxidase from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens, BaDyP, was identified to be an efficient catalyst for the degradation of phenolic β-ether lignin model dimer guaiacylglycerol-β-guaiacyl ether (GGE) and dyes. RESULTS:Efeb gene encoding BaDyP from B. amyloliquefaciens MN-13 consisted of 1257 bp...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Yang J,Gao T,Zhang Y,Wang S,Li H,Li S,Wang S

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The production of a low-temperature alkalophilic lipase from Acinetobacter johnsonii was improved using genome shuffling. The starting populations, obtained by UV irradiation and diethyl sulfate mutagenesis, were subjected to recursive protoplast fusion. The optimal conditions for protoplast formation and regeneration...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Wang H,Zhang J,Wang X,Qi W,Dai Y

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The developmental ability among embryos produced by three different techniques were examined: there were no significant differences in the developmental rate in porcine embryos produced by in vitro fertilization (IVF) and first generation of somatic cell nucleus transfer (SCNT), but the developmental rate dropped shar...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Huang Y,Xie W,Yao C,Han Y,Tan G,Zhou Y,Zhu J,Pang D,Li Z,Tang X

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The novel cancer/testis antigen gene, NY-SAR-35, is expressed exclusively in normal testis and in various histological types of tumor. However, the NY-SAR-35 gene expression is observed to be aberrant in several cancer cell lines and tissues. The analysis of methylation status of the NY-SAR-35 gene promoter in various...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Park JH,Song MH,Lee CH,Lee MK,Park YM,Old L,Lee SY

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recombinant plasmid, pGMF, containing a gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase gene (GSH-I) from Saccharomyces cerevisiae, was constructed with a copper-resistance gene as the selection marker and was introduced into S. cerevisiae YSF-31. The glutathione content of the recombinant strain was 1.5-fold (13.1 mg g dry cells...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Fan X,He X,Guo X,Qu N,Wang C,Zhang B

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cDNA of the starch-branching enzyme I gene (IbSBEI) in the sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) has been cloned and sequenced. The IbSBEI amino acid sequence was 81% identical to that of potato StSBEI. DNA gel-blot analyses demonstrated that at least two copies of IbSBEI are present in the sweet potato genome. IbSBEI wa...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Hamada T,Kim SH,Shimada T

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphotactin-XCL1 is a chemokine produced mainly by activated CD8+ T-cells and directs migration of CD4+ and CD8+ lymphocytes and natural killer (NK) cells. We expressed human lymphotactin (LTN) by the lactic-acid bacterium Lactococcus lactis. Biological activity of LTN was confirmed by chemo-attraction of human T-cel...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Zavala-Flores LM,Villatoro-Hernandez J,Gamez-Escobedo A,Franco-Molina M,Rangel-Colmenero BR,Villanueva-Olivo A,Gutierrez-Puente Y,de Oca-Luna RM,Valdés-Flores J,Saucedo-Cardenas O

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Promoters belong to the most important regulatory domains in genomic sequences. A novel cloning method is described to produce various DNA fragments with the average size about 100 bp, which differ by 1 bp, for screening of the osmotic pressure-inducible promoters from the genome of Escherichia coli. An osmotic pressu...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Wang Z,Jin L,Wegrzyn G,Wegrzyn A

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay system was employed for detecting Bacillus anthracis spores in pure cultures as well as in various simulated powder samples. The specificity of the designed LAMP primer sets was validated by assaying 13 B. anthracis strains and 33 non-B. anthracis species. The dete...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Qiao YM,Guo YC,Zhang XE,Zhou YF,Zhang ZP,Wei HP,Yang RF,Wang DB

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To exploit cold-inducible biochemical processes beneficial for foreign mRNA transcription, translation and storage, as well as protein product stability, during Agrobacterium-mediated transient expression. RESULTS:The efficiency of three different 5'-regulatory sequences to achieve transient expression of t...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Gerasymenko IM,Sheludko YV

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We prepared ATP photosynthetic vesicles from inside-out membranes of Escherichia coli cells that express delta-rhodopsin (a novel light-driven H(+) transporter) and TF(0)F(1)-ATP synthase (a thermo-stable ATP synthase). These vesicles showed light-dependent ATP synthesis. Furthermore, coupling the ATP photosynthetic v...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Hara KY,Suzuki R,Suzuki T,Yoshida M,Kino K

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A strain of Pseudomonas stutzeri ZWLR2-1 was isolated from soil contaminated with chloronitrobenzenes and identified by 16S rDNA sequencing. This bacterium released chloride and nitrite into the medium when grown on 0.5 mM 2-chloronitrobenzene. PCR amplification and DNA sequencing revealed a DNA fragment encoding a po...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Liu H,Wang SJ,Zhou NY

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some pest management programs employ PCR to identify cry1 genes from Bacillus thuringiensis to predict bacterial toxicity towards different insect pests. However, due to changes on the mode of action of the Cry proteins, new primers had to be designed to detect the new genes. Therefore, an 'in-silico' study of genetic...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Davolos CC,Guidelli-Thuler AM,de Abreu IL,Sena JA,Lemos MV

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genetic relationship among commercial cultivars of Citrus limon (lemon) was analysed by inter-simple sequence repeats (ISSR) and flow cytometry techniques. Two cultivars with a close germplasm were distinguished by screening 10 SSR primers and by measuring DNA content of prestained nuclei. ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Capparelli R,Viscardi M,Amoroso MG,Blaiotta G,Bianco M

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microcycle conidiation is a survival mechanism of fungi encountering unfavorable conditions. In this phenomenon, asexual spores germinate secondary spores directly without formation of mycelium. As Penicillium camemberti conidia have the ability to produce conidiophores after germination in liquid culture induced by a...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Boualem K,Gervais P,Cavin JF,Waché Y

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Classical swine fever (CSF) is one of the most important viral diseases of swine worldwide. Although live or attenuated virus vaccines have been used to control CSFV, it is difficult to distinguish vaccinated pigs from infected pigs; this leads to restrictions on import and export. Subunit vaccines based on the CSFV E...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Park Y,Lee S,Kang H,Park M,Min K,Kim NH,Gu S,Kim JK,An DJ,Choe S,Sohn EJ

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most animal cell culture media can be buffered using bicarbonate and high pressure CO(2) in a closed system. However, in an open system, the pH of the culture media increases continuously due to the marked difference in CO(2) pressure between the culture media and the atmosphere. Therefore, it is important to measure ...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Jang J,Moon SJ,Hong SH,Kim IH

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Environmental stresses are the major cause of crop loss worldwide. Polyamines are involved in plant stress responses. However, the precise role(s) of polyamine metabolism in these processes remain ill-defined. Transgenic approaches demonstrate that polyamines play essential roles in stress tolerance and open up the po...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Alcázar R,Marco F,Cuevas JC,Patron M,Ferrando A,Carrasco P,Tiburcio AF,Altabella T

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new technique for the direct production of recombinant baculovirus in the silkworm larvae is described. To assess the utility of this method, a combination of Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedroviral genome, transfer vector and Lipofectin was co-injected directly into newly ecdysed fifth instar, silkworm larvae. The recombi...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Lee KS,Kim BY,Je YH,Woo SD,Sohn HD,Jin BR

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycolipid biosurfactants produced by bacteria and yeasts provide significant opportunities to replace chemical surfactants with sustainable biologically produced alternatives in bulk commercial products such as laundry detergents and surface cleaners. Sophorolipids are already available in sufficient yield to make th...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Marchant R,Banat IM

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To produce (S)-3-hydroxy-1-(3-(trifluoromethyl)-5,6-dihydro[1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a]pyrazin-7(8H)-yl]-4-(2,4,5-trifluorophenyl)butan-1-one (S)-1 from 4-oxo-4-[3-(trifluoromethyl)-5,6-dihydro [1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a]pyrazin-7(8H)-yl)-1-(2,4,5-trifluorophenyl)butan-2-one (2) by microbial bioreduction. RESULTS:A new...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Wei Y,Xia S,He C,Xiong W,Xu H

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the effects of operational process conditions on expression of MHC class II protein from a stable Drosophila S2 cell line. RESULTS:When the Drosophila S2 cells were grown in vented orbitally shaken TubeSpin bioreactor 600 containers, cell growth was improved three-fold and the yield of recomb...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Shen X,Dojcinovic D,Baldi L,Hacker DL,Luescher IF,Wurm FM

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salinispora arenicola CNS-205 was a first-isolated obligate marine actinomycete. A gene (sare0357), annotated as ''amino acid adenylation domain'' located on the genome of Salinispora arenicola CNS-205, was cloned and characterized. The recombinant target protein Sare0357 was expressed in E. coli. Sare0357 specificall...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Shu X,Ma Y,Lu C,Lei M,Liu Y,Liu K,Xiong G,Xia S,Zhao Z,Luo W,Fu Q,Qi C

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell adhesion to extracellular matrices, including fibronectin, results in clustering of integrins in focal adhesions. To promote the clustering of fibronectin and thus enhance its activity at the sites of focal adhesion formation, we have engineered a fusion protein containing recombinant fibronectin fragment (hFN) c...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Chung CP,Jang JH

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetic acid is by-product from fermentation processes for producing succinic acid using Mannheimia succiniciproducens . To obtain pure succinic acid from the final fermentation broth, acetic acid was selectively removed based on the different extractability of succinic acid and acetic acid with pH using tri-n-octylami...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Huh YS,Hong YK,Hong WH,Chang HN

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To study the roles and mechanisms of HuR in cancer stem cell maintenance of lung cancer. RESULTS:HuR expression was increased in tumor spheres of lung cancer cells. Knockdown of HuR suppressed spheroid formation and size, inhibited the expression of stemness-related marker, Oct4, Nanog and ALDH in lung canc...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Zhang Y,Yang L,Ling C,Heng W

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To acquire a thermostable xylanase, that is suitable for xylooligosaccharide production from pretreated corncobs, the metagenomic method was used to obtain the gene from an uncultured environmental microorganism. RESULTS:A thermostable xylanase-encoding gene (xyn10CD18) was cloned directly from the metageno...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Sun MZ,Zheng HC,Meng LC,Sun JS,Song H,Bao YJ,Pei HS,Yan Z,Zhang XQ,Zhang JS,Liu YH,Lu FP

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracts of Salvia species are used in traditional medicine to treat various diseases. The economic importance of this genus has increased in recent years due to evidence that some of its secondary metabolites have valuable pharmaceutical and nutraceutical properties.The bioactivity of sage extracts is mainly due to t...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Marchev A,Haas C,Schulz S,Georgiev V,Steingroewer J,Bley T,Pavlov A

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most high-affinity phosphate transporter genes (OsPTs) in rice were highly induced in roots when phosphate was depleted. OsPT1, however, was highly expressed in primary roots and leaves regardless of external phosphate concentrations. This finding was confirmed histochemically using transgenic rice plants that express...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Seo HM,Jung Y,Song S,Kim Y,Kwon T,Kim DH,Jeung SJ,Yi YB,Yi G,Nam MH,Nam J

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent progress in knowledge on biochemical properties and functions of phospholipases A(2) in plants paved the way for approving the suitability of these enzymes for commercial use now. The secreted phospholipases A(2), representing one type of phospholipases A(2) occurring in plants, show distinct differences in...

journal_title：Biotechnology letters

authors： Mansfeld J

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00